A Tribute to Jeffrey Hunter
(1926-1969)

SOME FAN FAVORITES:

TRIVIA CORNERKing of Kings' inspiring musical score was composed by Miklos Rozsa, who had
just won an Oscar for his score for Ben Hur.

KING OF KINGS .... 1961

(Jesus
Christ) Jeff won high praise for his sincere, luminous portrayal in this
big-budget widescreen biblical epic, considered one of the best of its genre.
Directed by Nicholas Ray and narrated by Orson Welles, the film co-starred Robert Ryan,
Rip Torn, Siobhan McKenna, Viveca Lindfors, and Hurd Hatfield.

Images from the Blu-Ray disk. These are large-ish
files, very high-resolution images, and will take longer to load if you have a slow
Internet connection:

Images from the standard-definition DVD:

Photos taken at the premiere at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood.

According to Bernard Eisenschitz's Nicholas Ray: An American Journey,
John Ford, who had just finished filming Sergeant Rutledge with Jeff,
recommended Jeff to Ray for the role of Christ.
Of course, Ray had worked with Jeff once before, on The True Story of Jesse
James (1957).